Commentary
Cawley: "Loyd says that the family originated in Montreuil-au-Houlme in the present-day French département of Orne, arrondissement Argentan, canton Briouze, which is indicated by Orderic Vitalis who records the campaign led by Geoffroy Comte d’Anjou in Normandy in 1136 and notes that he attacked “arcem de Mosterolo” (identified by Le Prévost as Montreuil-au-Houlme), which “Ricardus…cognomento Bassetus, cujus in Anglia vivente Henrico rege potentia, utpote capitalis justiciarii, magna fuerat” held “in parvo feudo, quod parentum successivo jure in Normannia obtinuerat” and where he built “ex quadris lapidibus turrim apud Mosterolum” which was captured by “Guillelmus de Monte Pincionis” after King Henry I died. Rising from relatively modest beginnings (if Orderic Vitalis is to be believed when he includes Ralph Basset among those whom Henry I King of England raised "from the dust"), by the end of the 13th century the family had established the three major baronial lines of Basset of Great Weldon in Northamptonshire, Basset of Sapcote in Leicestershire, and Basset of Drayton Basset in Staffordshire."
Family
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Child +Thurstan Basset (e1125-) [S3168]
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Attributes
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GenderMale
NameRalph Basset [S3168]
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Timeline
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Birthest 1087 (1082-1092)
 
Living1124 [S3168]
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Sources
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[S3168] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - English Lords, A-C)" (v4.14 Updated 06 June 2024) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm).